Total Crime Rate

317.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 317.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Soho Hill area has the 10th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 211th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Soho Hill (B19 1AG) in the last 12 months was 317.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 177.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Soho Hill (B19 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Soho Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Welford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbots Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oak Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Soho Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery King Edwards Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lunar Place
Sep 2025Burglary Charleville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charleville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Richmond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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